Planocraniidae is an extinct family of eusuchian crocodyliforms known from the Paleogene of Asia, Europe and North America. The family was coined by Li in 1976, and contains three genera, Boverisuchus, Duerosuchus and Planocrania.[2][3] Planocraniids were highly specialized crocodyliforms that were adapted to living on land. They had extensive body armor, long legs, and blunt claws resembling hooves, and are sometimes informally called "hoofed crocodiles".[4]
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Planocraniidae is an extinct family of eusuchian crocodyliforms known from the Paleogene of Asia, Europe and North America. The family was coined by Li...
closely related to Boverisuchus using a phylogenetic analysis. The name Planocraniidae was reinstated to contain these genera and replace Pristichampsidae...
and the new genus Planocrania was placed in a newly erected family Planocraniidae. A second species, Planocrania hengdongensis, is known from Hengdong...
in the United Kingdom. It was followed by crocodilians such as the Planocraniidae, the so-called 'hoofed crocodiles', in the Palaeogene. Spanning the...
assign the genus to said family (which has since then been changed to Planocraniidae), he argued that future discoveries were likely to confirm his suspicion...
uncertain, until a 2021 study recovered Duerosuchus within the family Planocraniidae. Remains of Duerosuchus were unearthed by an excavation team from the...
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